Guayaquil Ecuador Temple
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The Guayaquil Ecuador Temple is the 58th operating temple
of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
In 1982, President Spencer W. Kimball
, then President of the LDS Church, announced that there would be a Mormon temple built in Ecuador
. It took fourteen years to secure the necessary government authorizations and the temple was not completed and dedicated until 1999.
Before the temple in Ecuador was finished, Mormons in Ecuador would travel by bus to attend the temple in Lima
, Peru
, three days journey away by bus. Before the Mormon temple was dedicated, an open house was free to all in the community, including government officials. Over one hundred thousand members and non-members came to support the arrival of the Mormon temple in their country.
The Guayaquil Ecuador Temple was dedicated on 1 August 1999 by President Gordon B. Hinckley
.
The Ecuador Temple resides on a hill in Urdesa, a peaceful suburb of northern Guayaquil
, Ecuador's main port and most populous city. The Guayaquil Ecuador Temple has a total of 70884 square feet (6,585.3 m²), four ordinance rooms, and three sealing rooms.
Lynn Shawcroft of Arizona was the first President to oversee the operations of the temple. He presided from July 1999 to November 2002.
Temple (LDS Church)
In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , a temple is a building dedicated to be a House of the Lord, and they are considered by Church members to be the most sacred structures on earth. Upon completion, temples are usually open to the public for a short period of time...
of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
In 1982, President Spencer W. Kimball
Spencer W. Kimball
Spencer Woolley Kimball was the twelfth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1973 until his death in 1985.-Ancestry:...
, then President of the LDS Church, announced that there would be a Mormon temple built in Ecuador
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
. It took fourteen years to secure the necessary government authorizations and the temple was not completed and dedicated until 1999.
Before the temple in Ecuador was finished, Mormons in Ecuador would travel by bus to attend the temple in Lima
Lima
Lima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima...
, Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
, three days journey away by bus. Before the Mormon temple was dedicated, an open house was free to all in the community, including government officials. Over one hundred thousand members and non-members came to support the arrival of the Mormon temple in their country.
The Guayaquil Ecuador Temple was dedicated on 1 August 1999 by President Gordon B. Hinckley
Gordon B. Hinckley
Gordon Bitner Hinckley was an American religious leader and author who served as the 15th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from March 12, 1995 until his death...
.
The Ecuador Temple resides on a hill in Urdesa, a peaceful suburb of northern Guayaquil
Guayaquil
Guayaquil , officially Santiago de Guayaquil , is the largest and the most populous city in Ecuador,with about 2.3 million inhabitants in the city and nearly 3.1 million in the metropolitan area, as well as that nation's main port...
, Ecuador's main port and most populous city. The Guayaquil Ecuador Temple has a total of 70884 square feet (6,585.3 m²), four ordinance rooms, and three sealing rooms.
Lynn Shawcroft of Arizona was the first President to oversee the operations of the temple. He presided from July 1999 to November 2002.
See also
- List of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- List of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by geographic region
- Comparison of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsComparison of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsBelow is a chronological list of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with sortable columns. In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a temple is a building dedicated to be a House of the Lord, and considered by church members to be the most sacred structures on earth...
- Temple architecture (Latter-day Saints)